Segway Polo!

A lot like horse polo but nothing to shovel.

2008 Woz Challenge Cup - Indianapolis, Indiana!

The 2008 Woz Challenge Cup was played at SegwayFesT 2008 in Indianpolis, Indiana. The Silicon Valley Aftershocks defended their title against the California Gold Rush but were defeated 3-2 in a very tough match.

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The 2007 Woz Challenge Cup Results!

The 2007 Woz Challenge Cup was a big success! The Silicon Valley Aftershocks defeated the New Zealand Pole Blacks 5-0 in a tough match on an extremely rough field. Stuart Moore scored 3 goals and Jon Bauer and Alex Ko followed up with 1 goal each.

What started out as a lark
has turned into a really fun way to get together
and a good alternate use for the Segway.
Interest in the game has really grown since
we started playing. We've received a lot of media
attention as well as groups from around
the world forming their own teams.
To commemorate 1 year we put together a video
of one of our matches. Take a look at
it here (10.6MB).
Compared with this (3.5MB)
you can see some real improvement.

History

Segway Polo wasn't created by Bay Area SEG. At least one other group
had played a version of the game at a Minnesota Viking's
half-time. Our group got involved with Segway Polo when
one of our members, Jonathan van Clute, suggested
that we try to put together a polo match. While there was interest,
it took Alex Ko to actually put together a couple
of mallets and get out there with Jonathan to see if polo on the Segway
would really work and, more importantly, be fun. It turned
out to work very well and be a lot of fun.

After a couple of months of talking about it and working with everyone's
schedules they organized the first actual "match" on July
11, 2004. Five Bay Area SEG members (Jon Bauer, Paul
Costa,
Alex Ko, Stuart Moore & Jonathan
van Clute) showed up to
that first match and played a 2-on-2 game. Everyone had
a great time so they planned more games and more people started
to show up.

The rules were formalized shortly
after that and the players have worked as a group to continually
update and change them as
necessary.

Since the first few matches Bay Area SEG has received a lot of exposure
from the news media and on the internet. Some
of the stories have been good, some bad. Didn't someone say
there's no such thing as bad publicity?

Segway Polo is now scheduled the first and third Sunday of each month,
weather permitting. Check here for the date, time
and other info.